Turk PM tells Bush genocide bill would hurt ties-TV

ANKARA, Oct 5 (Reuters) Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told US President George W Bush that ties between the two countries would be hurt if the US Congress passes a bill branding the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks ''genocide'', Turkish television reported today.

No further details were immediately available.

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